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Neoplasia Flashcards

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Non-neoplastic normal tissue in a foreign location

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Choristoma

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Replacement of 1 adult cell type w/ another, often 2ndary to irritation and envt’l exposure

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Metaplasia

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Abnormal growth w/ loss of cellular orientation, shape and size

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Dysplasia

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Abnormal cells lacking differentiation

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Anaplasia

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5
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Uncontrolled and excessive clonal proliferation of cells

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Neoplasia

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Fibrous tissue formation in response to neoplasm

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Desmoplasia

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Mutations that cause sustained activity of the genes

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Proto-oncogenes

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Mutations causing unregulated cell proliferation

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Tumor suppressor genes

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Non-neoplastic overgrowth of disorganized tissue indigenous to a particular site

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Hamartoma

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10
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Neoplasia that has not invaded the BM; high NC ratio and clumped chromatin; tumor cells are monoclonal

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In Situ Carcinoma

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Neoplasia that invaded the BM using collagenases and hydrolases

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Invasion

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Accompanies neoplasia where tumor cells spread to distant sites; Dec cadherin, inc laminin and integrin receptors

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Metastasis

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13
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Degree of cellular differentiation based on histo pattern

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Tumor grade

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14
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Degree of local spread

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Tumor stage

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15
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Most common CA’s in children

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ALL
CNS tumors
Burkitt’s lymphoma

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16
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Most common CAs in men

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Prostate
Lung
Colorectal

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Most common CAs in women

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Breast
Lung
Colorectal

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Cancers w/ highest mortality among men

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Lung
Prostate
Colorectal

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19
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Cancers w/ highest mortality among women

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Lung
Breast
Colorectal

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20
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Assoc malignancy w/ Down syndrome

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ALL

AML

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21
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Assoc malignancy w/ Xeroderma pigmentosum and albinism

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Melanoma
BCC
SCC of the skin

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Assoc malignancy w/ chronic atrophic gastritis, pernicious anemia, postSX gastric remnants

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Gastric adenoCA

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23
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Assoc malignancy w/ tuberous sclerosis

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Astrocytoma
Angiomyolipoma
Cardiac rhabdomyoma

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24
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Assoc malignancy w/ actinic keratosis

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SCC of the skin

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25
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Assoc malignancy w/ Barrett esophagus

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Esophageal adenoCA

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Assoc malignancy w/ Plummer-Vinson syndrome

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SCC of the esophagus

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27
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Assoc malignancy w/ cirrhosis

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Hepatocellular CA

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28
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Assoc malignancy w/ ulcerative colitis

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Colonic adenoCA

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29
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Assoc malignancy w/ Paget’s disease of the bone

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2ndary osteosarcoma and fibrosarcoma

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30
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Assoc malignancy w/ immunodef d/o’s

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malignant lymphoma

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31
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Assoc malignancy w/ AIDS

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Aggressive malignant lymphomas (non-Hodgkin’s)

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Assoc malignancy w/ autoimmune dses

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Assoc malignancy w/ acanthosis nigricans

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visceral malignancy

34
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Assoc malignancy w/ dysplastic nevus

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Malignant melanoma

35
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Assoc malignancy w/ radiation exposure

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Sarcoma

Papillary thyroid CA

36
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CA common in China

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Nasopharyngeal CA d/t EBV

37
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Common CA in Japan

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Gastric adenoCA d/t smoked foods

38
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Common CA in SEA

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HCCA d/t HBV and aflatoxin

39
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Common CA in Africa

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Burkitt’s lymphoma d/t EBV

40
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Assoc w/ HTLV 1

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Adult T-cell lymphoma

41
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Assoc w/ mycoses fungoides

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cutaneous T cell lymphoma

42
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Carcinogen in hepatocellular CA

43
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Carcinogen in Liver Angiosarcoma

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Vinyl chloride

44
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Carcinogen in centrilobular necrosis and fatty liver

45
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Carcinogen in esophagus, stomach

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Nitrosamines

46
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Carcinogen in laryngeal SCC, lung SCC, small cell CA, renal cell CA, transitional cell CA

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Cigarette smoke

47
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Carcinogen in mesothelioma, bronchogenic CA

48
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Carcinogen in transitional cell CA

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Naphthalene (aniline) dye

49
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Carcinogen in leukemia

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Alkylating agents

50
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Assoc CA w/ liver fluke

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cholangioCA

51
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Assoc CA w/ PUD

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Gastric adenoCA

MALT lymphoma

52
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Assoc CA w/ hepatitis

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hepatocellular CA

53
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Assoc CA w/ Mononucleosis

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B-cell NHL, HL, nasopharyngeal CA, Burkitt’s lymphoma

54
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Assoc CA w/ AIDS

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Primary CNS lymphoma

Kaposi sarcoma

55
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Assoc CA w/ chronic cystitis 2ndary to schistosomiasis

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Bladder carcinoma

56
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MOA of cachexia

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Increased TNF-alpha

suppresses appetite center and dec oxidation of FA

57
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Syndrome that has distant effects of a tumor unrelated to mets; may involve ectopic secretion of hormone

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Paraneoplastic syndrome

58
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Underlying CA in Cushing Syndrome

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Small cell Ca of the lung
Pancreatic Ca
Neural tumors

59
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Underlying CA in SIADH

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Small cell Ca of lung

60
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Underlying CA in hyperCa

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SCC of the lung
Breast CA
Renal CA
(d/t PTHrP)

61
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Underlying CA in carcinoid syndrome

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Hepatocellular CA
Bronchial adenoma
Pancreatic CA
(d/t serotonin, braydkinin)

62
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Underlying CA in polycythemia

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Gastric and renal CA
Cerebellar hemangioma
(d/t erythropoietin)

63
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Underlying CA in Lambert-Eaton myasthenia

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Lung CA
(d/t Abs to presynaptic Ca channel)
64
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Underlying CA in acanthosis nigricans

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Visceral malignancies

d/t EGF

65
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Underlying CA in hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (clubbing)

66
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Underlying CA in Trousseau syndrome

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Pancreatic Ca
Lung Ca
(d/t mucin)

67
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Underlying CA in nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis

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Colon Ca

d/t hypercoagulability

68
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Underlying CA in red cell aplasia

69
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Underlying CA in nephrotic syndrome

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HL
Lung Ca
(d/t immune complexes)

70
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Electrolyte abN’s in tumor lysis syndrome

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HyperK
HyperP, HypoCa
Hyperuricemia

71
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Cancers with brain mets

Lots of Bad Stuff Kill Glia

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Lungs
Breast
Skin (melanoma)
Kidney (renal cell Ca)
GI
72
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Cancers with liver mets

Cancer Sometimes Penetrates Benign Liver

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Colon
Stomach
Pancreas
Breast
Lung
73
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Cancers w/ bone mets

PTT Barnum Loves Kids

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Prostate (blastic)
Thyroid (follicular)
Testes
Breast (both lytic and blastic)
Lung (lytic)
Kidney
74
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B-Hcg is a tumor marker for:

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H-mole
ChorioCa
Gestational trophoblastic tumor

75
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Tumor marker for hairy cell leukemia

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(TRAP the HAIRY animal)

Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP)

76
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Mutation in EWS gene, chr 22

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Ewing Sarcoma

77
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4 cancers arising from malignant rransformation

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Mature teratoma
Melanoma
Squamous cell carcinoma
Thyroid carcinoma

Pathology (F) (20 decks)

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